# Incident 19890109006099I: Cessna 402CESSNA, Las Vegas, NV, January 9, 1989

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 9, 1989, 15:00 local time
- Place: Las Vegas, NV
- Airport: Private
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
- Operator: IEIA
- Location: 36.1750° N, 115.1372° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Las Vegas, NV, within about 7 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.1750&lon=-115.1372&mi=10
- Aircraft: N161TA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N161TA-2020-07-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 402C (registry code 207590R, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-402c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental TSIO-520 series (registry code 17040, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-tsio-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 402CESSNA
- Reported engine: CONT TSIO520VB
- People aboard: 10
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,000 total, 400 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890109006099I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

OIL ON COWLING OF RIGHT ENGINE. SHUT DOWN AND FEATHERED. AFTER LANDING FOUND TURBOCHARGER SCAVENGE PUMP HAD FAILED.

## Other reports on N161TA (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20080830844789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080830844789I), Aug 30, 2008: Cessna 402C (N161TA), Boston, MA, Minor damage. During taxi to the ramp the aircraft's left wing struck a parked cape air aircraft, scraping the lower side of the left elevator. The taxiing aircraft incurred…
- [Accident 19910808032679A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910808032679A), Aug 8, 1991: Cessna 402C (N161TA), Grand Canyon, AZ, Substantial damage. Collided with an elk on the runway on takeoff roll. Aborted safely.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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